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Pin fire

Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge as a pin fire rifle...


Firing pin

In the breech mechanism of a firearm the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and explodes it...


Pin-money

Pin-money, an annual sum settled on a wife, to defray her personal expenses in dress and pocket-money. See Howard v. Lord Digby, (1834) 2 Cl&Fin 634; Sugd. Law of Property, pp. 162 et seq.There was a very ancient tax in France for providing the queen with pins....


Fire

Fire. No action for damages lies against any person in whose house, etc., a fire shall accidentally begin: Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), s. 86, which s. and s. 83 are the only unrepealed sections of the Act.To discharge or dismiss a person from employment; to terminate as employee. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Fire Engines.--The maintenance of fire engines in urban sanitary districts is provided for by the Public Health Act, 1875, s. 171, which incorporates ss. 30-33 of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, in the (English) Metropolis by the Fire Brigade Act, 1865, and in parishes by the (English) Parish Fire Engines Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 38), and the Acts therein recited.By s. 90 of the (English) Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, local authorities can agree for the common use of fire engines and appliances; ss. 87-89 of the same Act give the police certain powers of breaking into premises and regulating traffic upon the out break of a fir...


Fire prevention and fire safety measures

Fire prevention and fire safety measures, s. 2(g) 'fire prevention and fire safety measures' means such measures as are necessary in accordance with the building bye-laws for the prevention, control and fighting of fire and for ensuring the safety of life and property in case of fire. [Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act, 1986 (56 of 1986), s. 2(g)]...


Fire brigade

Fire brigade. The (English) Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act, 1855 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 90), intrusts to the London County Council, which has superseded the Metropolitan Board of Works, the duty of extinguishing fires in the metropolis. On the occasion of a fire the chief officer of the fire brigade may take any measures that appear expedient for the protection of life and property by s. 12 of the Act; and in other districts by s. 89 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 53). Motors used for fire-brigade purposes are exempt from the duty on licences for motor-cars....


Belaying pin

A strong pin in the side of a vessel or by the mast round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed...


corking pin

A pin of a large size formerly used attaching a womans headdress to a cork mold...


Accidental fire

Accidental fire. By the (English) Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), s. 86, no action shall be prosecuted against any person in whose house, chamber, stable, barn, or other building, or on whose estate any fire shall accidentally begin; but nothing herein contained shall defeat any contract or agreement made between landlord and tenant. The statute will not protect tenants from the consequences of fires caused by their negligence.Accidental fire is not an act of God which can be traced to natural causes, Patel Roadways Ltd. v. Birla Yamaha Ltd., (2000) 4 SCC 91....


Rim fire

Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base distinguished from center fire said of cartridges also using rim fire cartridges as a rim fire gun Such cartridges are now little used...


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